I made it through 2 days now without crying!!!

I am settling in at my new al-anon group,

I am looking forward to going back to school in the fall

My aunt and cousin are coming for Thanksgiving

All my kids love and support me thoroughly.

1999 David Bruce - Pinot Noir

Filet

Mild mixed berry sauce

Sauted baby carrots, onions, asparagus

Incredibly thin sliced Au Gratin potatoes

Mixed greens salad with light Italian dressing and crumbled romano cheese

Raspberry torte

Everything turned out perfectly. I can't wait to have someone to share it with. Just making this made anticipating sharing it that much more exciting.

I have been trying out new recipes for a while in order to reaffirm my chef skills as well as ensure that my lady won't be dissappointed. I miss sharing my life so much. But I am finding that I relish the anticipation. I feel like a horse at the gate, waiting for the bell. I want to be smart, but I missed so much dating because I found my wife while I was so young. I haven't been with another woman since I was 20 years old. Not that I wanted to be, but now that I will be, I can hopefully put all the maturity that I have gained to good work (not to mention that I will have money in which to increase the ingredients from mac and cheese to skys the limit.)

I want to make someone so happy that they won't be able to understand how they made it through life without me. I am so, so very ready to work.

FC, mmmm, smells so good

Looking forward to bro and niece coming in less than 1 week. We have great trip planned for next saturday!!!

Have the whole evening to myself..Loney, but I can get tons of work done that I couldnt do while babysitting an alcoholic

Picked up a new art set really cheap...Chinese brush painting. Wont be able to play with it until after new year, but looking forward to that.

I majored in art/minor in science in college...No wonder Im so mixed up..right brain/left brain fighting for control and I have not used my talents for eons. Looking forward to getting more involved with that too. Have been working on cleaning basement so I have come across all of my college art goodies. Painting, Jewelry, ceramics...dont know what to do first.

Had a bad day at work, but Im perking up. Thanks everyone for being here.

Good Thing.........

It's the weekend, I don't have to work tomorrow, and fish is still alive.

Have a great day!

Shepette

At my Divorce/Separation group they call these kinds of big/small good things "strawberries". It comes from a story they told (if you really want to hear it I'll tell you).

My strawberry today was the relaxing massage I had by a student from a natural therapies college. It was really cheap, and it went for a whole hour and was total bliss. I nearly fell asleep. They had guitar music playing in the background so I dreamed I was by the seaside in Mexico in the sun and that there was a guitarist playing there just for me. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="images/icons/smile.gif" />

I was able to speak with someone whom I had only emailed before. It was very nice.

Let's see:

Dh has a job after 4 long months of not!

My xmas tree is up and twinkling brightly with all my Disney ornaments and there are tons of packages for the kids underneath.

It's Sunday, h is off work, dd is here and we're gonna go hang out with mil for a while.

My dear friend, Jerry Weatherford, has returned to the MB fold.

I have all of you here. What more could I want?

My turn:

I'm on vacation this week.

Intel stock is up to $20 a share LOL. Never thought I'd get excited over stock, let alone $20!

Although a bit cold here in the Great Pac NW, we have sunshine. What? No rain in Washington?

I am healthy. Thank you God.

I love my new car, it's just too easy to drive and I feel safe in it.

My neighbor gave me one of his fireplace inserts, it's beautiful. I'm having it installed this week in my family room.

I have MB. Without it and wtihout all of you, I don't know that I would have made it thru this ordeal in one piece. Thank you for caring enough to help me and forgiving me my mistakes.

Love,
Jo

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